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On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:53:14 +1100,  Richard Sherratt
<richard.sherratt@NOTHINGHEREbrunsley.com.au> wrote:
 
> This summer was my first foray into tomato growing. I planted one
> sweet bite and two cherry sweet bite plants from the nursery in tubs
> on the patio. Tubs are ex recycling containers around 50cm by 25cm by
> 30cm deep. I filled them with tomato mix from the nursery and also
> planted parsley, basil and a marigold in each tub. Probably too much
> overboard, but I'm a virgo :-)
> 
> The plants went gangbusters for a while and had loads of fruit. Then I
> noticed that some of the  leaves on the cherry ones were curling up
> and going brown. there were brown spots on the leaves. It looked
> almost like early blight or septoria leaf spot, but none of the images
> on the web are really close matches. The toms look a bit diseased.
> 
> Is it OK to dump the plants into the  garden waste bin or should they
> go into the rubbish bin?
> Is it OK to plant somethihng else in the tubs or do I need to get rid
> of all the dirt?
> 
> The standard sweet bite didn't get the same leaf spots, but the leaves
> gradually went brown and the plant stopped growing and producing
> fruit. The flowers stopped budding and then  they dried up. 
> 
> Too much sun? One of my neighbours has shade cloth over his tomato
> bed.
 
Tomatoes have had a tough time this season with all of the rain.  The use of tomato dust
was mandatory if you wanted a decent crop.

Bin the plants and use the soil for something else other than tomatoes or related plants
(like potatoes, capsicum, chilli and eggplant) or you will spread the problems.  I also
like to spray old soil with Yates Anti Rot and some Confidor or Lebaycid prior to re-use.